"squeeze" baseball Re: Query: 1910 "squeeze my bit"

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

> > Did the term "squeeze" for a bunt exist in 1910?
>
> Dickson has "squeeze play" from 1905 and the verb "squeeze" from 1907.
>




WEST TO MEET EAST.
The Washington Post (1877-1954); May 17, 1906; pg. 8 col 4.
"McAleer told Charley to bunt and try to squeeze a runner in."

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